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Also see should include Roadman, a distant relative of the chav, the Roadman generally an aggressive middle-class child who desperately wants to take part in chav culture. The Roadman is distinct from a Chav in choosing this lifestyle where as a Chav is more of a true-blood of scum.

chav/charv social class status

i come from newcastle, and a charv (sorry i cant say chav with a straight face) is a term that is totally classless, and should be shown as such on the article. in newcastle as far as i know its used to describe someone who thinks and acts like they are tougher than they are, and not until the recent chav epidemic from the south was it about people wearing burberry. you gotta understand, on the council estate i grew up in in newcastle, cowgate, most of us dress in the way the rest of the country would deem chavish, but we never saw ourselves that way, only the ones amongst us that went around claiming they were 'solid' as we said. but couldnt fight their way out of a wet paper bag. but its defo classless, it can apply to anyone, employed or not, that goes around swinging their arms like a monkey, or carrying carpets/wardrobes as we used to say as kids, thinking they could beat ya up, when they couldn't. the ones that could kick ya head in werent charvers. you wouldn't call viv graeme a charver would ya, or the conroys, or sayerses etc, no, when people talk about some of them, they talk about them with respect. kinda the same way the southerners would with the krays or something. my point is its not just a term for the lower unemployed, it includes the working class and up. case in point is this documentary https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Chavs:_The_Demonization_of_the_Working_Class i know its just mentioning the working class, but that probably includes the unemployed. if your talking about just people on benefits, they are not called chavs charvs or otherwise, they are simply known here, as dole wallers. unfortunately i dont see a page on the term dole waller.

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I've seen the term Charva used frequently on social media and frequent use by BBCC in song lyrics. 91.110.211.36 (talk) 13:58, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 14:56, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Roadman is distinct from chav

The term "roadman" reserves more working-class black inner-city youth, a British extension of Jamaican rudeboy culture. Chav is reserved for working-white youth. They're two distinctive and different culture than shouldn't be lumped into one. 2A02:C7C:9253:E300:3CCE:264C:247E:4DD9 (talk) 01:33, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. EmilePersaud (talk) 18:28, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree. GarethBaloney (talk) 22:09, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of Chav

Please can anyone confirm if the origin of chav for a derogatory term was form Bishops Cleeve school in 1996 by a female 16 year old. This is a long standing debate that my partner possibly invented it.....this is obviously nonsense... 77.100.103.82 (talk) 21:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have it on good authority that yes…. A 16 Yr old girl in her prime wareing a gel wonderbra a tartan mini skirt a naf naf t-shirt and a pair of platform heel kickers in 1996 was walking on on pecked lane when she had the derogatory chav epiphany 77.100.103.82 (talk) 21:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In 1995/96/97 I, Nicholas Byng, along with a few of my friends whilst at school are believed to be the first to use the term "Chav " we invented it as a derogatory term for the typical anti social bully type of children that came form the local area " Charford " in Bromsgrove, We would joke saying "argh more chavs" or "why are chavs so annoying " etc, We were not the most popular kids and often had run ins with the so called " Chavs". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23A8:99D:2901:1C5B:CAA6:91EC:9BC1 (talk) 12:41, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In 1996/97 I, Nicholas Byng, along with a few of my friends whilst at school are believed to be the first to use the term "Chav " we invented it as a derogatory term for the typical anti social bully type of children that came form the local area " Charford " We would joke saying "argh more chavs" or "why are chavs so annoying " etc, We were not the most popular kids and often had run ins with the so called " Chavs". 2A00:23A8:99D:2901:1C5B:CAA6:91EC:9BC1 (talk) 12:37, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Hi, sorry, you are attempting to claim invention for the term? Unfortunately, this request goes against various policies. Please review WP:OR, WP:RS, and possibly WP:COI. Thank you!
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} ⋮ 15:10, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]